Federal funds not enough to create fluent Indigenous language speakers, local experts say

The Indigenous Languages Act came with millions in federal funding attached. But local Anishinaabemowin instructors say short-term grants won’t create fluent Indigenous speakers, let alone language teachers.

https://www.sootoday.com/local-news/federal-funds-not-enough-to-create-fluent-indigenous-language-speakers-local-experts-say-6261202

James Hopkin
Dec 16, 2022 4:00 PM

Miniseries “Indigenous Worldview in the Americas”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_9SVbSAGV8&list=PLNmK3cMRk6wOu_VdmX4uGw9oa6qIbkn6L&index=2

“Indigenous Worldview in the Americas” is a miniseries where multiple archaeological collections from the Americas have been analyzed by different specialists, thus managing to converse and find intercultural approaches on relevant and current issues.

1. Nature: May 27, 2022  4.51 minutes     2.  Protective Spirits: June 3, 2022  4.36 minutes    3.  Living Inside:  June 10, 2022  4.54 minutes  4.  Our Grandparents: June 17, 2022 – Premieres at 8:00 p.m.

 

New Book Exposes Medical Violence Inflicted on Indigenous Children in Canada

https://fightingforahandtohold.ca            Last updated on Nov 24, 2020

As Justin Trudeau prepares to make his Throne Speech, pediatric emergency physician Samir Shaheen-Hussain has published Fighting for A Hand to Hold: Confronting Medical Colonialism against Indigenous Children in Canada. The book, released today, exposes the historical and on-going violence inflicted on Indigenous children in Canada and the Canadian medical establishment’s role in the genocide of Indigenous Peoples.

Micro-documentary trailer: Fighting for A Hand to Hold    

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OPXnOHF4is

Micro-documentary trailer by Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel. Thanks to Kent Monkman for sharing his art in the making of this video. Interview with Samir Shaheen-Hussain filmed in November 2020.